Volunteers from a lifeboat crew spent three hours searching for a missing person last night after reports of someone falling from the Humber Bridge.

Seven people from Humber Rescue went out after receiving a call just after 1am on Saturday about a missing person who was believed to be in the river.

They were joined by Coastguard teams from Hull and Hornsea, with a helicopter searching the river until 5am.

However, the suspected missing person was never found.

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Dave Roberts, chairman of Humber Rescue said: "The boat was called out after reports of a person jumping off the bridge. We searched for a couple of hours but nothing was found."

Mr Roberts, who called for higher railings to be installed on the Humber Bridge to prevent suicides after a woman fell to her death last week, said that reports of people falling from the bridge are becoming far too common.